Even though most, if not all, hack n slashes are more generic than shooters. Rising did it right and its one of my favorite games this gen. But just saying, Shooters and H'n'S are on the same level of generic most of the time.

Rising is great, but I think it had two things working against it. Gamers in the know seemed more than happy for a inevitable sales price because of Rising's reportedly short campaign. As for the more casual market (people that buy games ever so often, but don't necessarily visit game sites on a regular basis), the tv spot that Konami released in North America is extremely cheesy. I've seen it on tv quite a bit, and I roll my eyes everytime... and I'm a fan. I can't help but feel that the commercial failed to help sales like it should have.

Have you played the game?? Because if you have you would know that the actual game is very cheesy. I loved the game myself, but i would say the commercial pretty much got the writing head on. Almost all of the game is filled with corny one liners.

Haha, yeah, but it's a different cheesy! I loved the game, and maybe it's a little too japanese for the UK market (not sure how it's selling in NA). But then why does Metal Gear Solid sell through the roof? Cheesy one liners throughout the series, but that's why we love it!

I hardly say dominates. It sold more in the UK and in the US being in 3 different platforms while rising is only in 2 platforms. But in the first week Rising sold almost double the units of crysis 3 ( according to Vchartz ). So i guess Rising dominated Crysis 3 globally. As for the second week, no number out yet, except for the UK so far.